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SALMON, RICHARD

Professor of Oceanography

Degrees:

• B.S., University of Michigan
• Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Theory of the ocean's general circulation
• Geophysical fluid dynamics

Courses:

• MAE294C: Methods/Applied Mechanics III
• PHYS111: Intro to Ocean Waves & Tides
• SIO111: Intro to Ocean Waves & Tides
• SIO203C: Methods of Applied Analysis
• SIO212A: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
• SIO212B: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
• SIO212B: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II
• SIO219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra
• SIO299: Research

Honors and Awards:

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1996
• Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996

Mentoring:

• Fitzpatrick, Tom (Masters; 2006-2008)
• Theiss, Jurgen (Post Doc; 2000-2004)
• Mockett, Carolyn (Graduate; 1996-1999)
• Gentemann, Chelle (Masters; 1995-1997)
• Ford, Rupert (Post Doc; 1994-1995)
• Becker, Janet (Post Doc; 1991-1993)
• Bogden, Philip (Graduate; 1985-1991)
• Hollerbach, Rainer (Graduate; 1985-1990)
• Annalisa, Griffa (Graduate; 1982-1988)
• Provost, Christine (Graduate; 1977-1983)

J. Becker and R. Salmon. Eddy formation on a continental slope. J. Mar. Res. 55, 181-200 (1997)

R. Salmon. Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Oxford. 378 pp. (1998)

R. Salmon. Linear ocean circulation theory with realistic bathymetry. J. Mar. Res. 56, 833-884 (1998)

R. Salmon. The lattice Boltzmann method as a basis for ocean circulation modeling. J. Mar. Res. 57, 503-535 (1999)

R. Salmon. Lattice Boltzmann solutions of the three-dimensional planetary geostrophic equations. J. Mar. Res. 57, 847-884 (1999)

R. Salmon. Numerical solution of the two-layer shallow water equations with bottom topography. J. Mar. Res. 60, 605-638 (2002)

R. Salmon. Poisson-bracket approach to the construction of energy- and potential enstrophy-conserving algorithms for the shallow-water equations. J. Atmos. Sci. 61, 2016-2036 (2004)

R. Salmon. A general method for conserving quantities related to potential vorticity in numerical models. Nonlinearity, 18, R1-16 (2005)

P. Dellar and R. Salmon. Shallow water equations with a complete Coriolis force and topography. Physics of Fluids, 17, 106601 (2005)

R. Salmon. A general method for conserving energy and potential enstrophy in shallow-water models. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 515-531 (2007)

R. Salmon. An ocean circulation model based upon operator-splitting, Hamiltonian brackets and the inclusion of sound waves. (submitted August, 2008)